Fort Mason Games is going for collaboration over competition

American mobile social online casino games developer Fort Mason Games has announced that it has introduced four new features for its Confetti Casino brand that have been designed to increase the number of female players as well as those valuing collaboration over competitiveness.

Create pan-portfolio friendships:

The California studio used an official Thursday press release to detail that the first of these advances enable mobile social online casino games players to befriend other aficionados before taking these relationships with them to any other slot title in its portfolio. The firm explained that it is hoping that this first-of-its-kind innovation will foster collaborative play by allowing users to build friendships while also increasing user adoption and making its games more attractive to women.

Collaborative play:

Fort Mason Games declared that players can now subsequently exploit these relationships to enjoy its social titles collaboratively in order to earn faster and better in-game rewards. It stated that this Confetti Cannon feature is triggered when users work together while their prizes are to be based on how much their alliances helped to trigger a virtual cannon.

Visual communication:

To help Confetti Casino players to keep track of each other and their in-game relationships, the San Francisco-headquartered firm confirmed that its third new innovation allows these users to express themselves via a range of emoji GIFs. It proclaimed that this world-first advance will help to eliminate the often ‘toxic communication’ that is associated with the more traditional text-based model often utilized by other social online casinos.

Hearts for prizes:

Finally, the developer announced that Confetti Casino users can now moreover foster friendships and collaborative play by sending each other virtual heart icons that serve as a proprietary social currency and can be utilized to receive even more in-game rewards.

Committed to ‘inclusivity and innovation’:

Fort Mason Games, which is led in the role of Chief Executive Officer by former Zynga Incorporated trendsetter Kate Gorman (pictured), detailed that its Confetti Casino brand is endeavoring to ‘change the face of the industry’ and can be freely downloaded for iOS, Android and Amazon Kindle devices via Google Play, the Apple Store and Amazon.

Gorman’s statement read…

“Women enjoy collaborating but mobile games tend to be competitive and combative. We’re passionate about helping these women feel represented by creating games directly for them. And by doing so, we’re setting an industry precedent that will push mobile gaming into a new era of inclusivity and innovation.”

Fish Party from Microgaming pays out largest prize pool yet

Some lucky players have won Microgaming’s Fish Party €20 jackpot after it hit for a whopping €317,849.78 (US$365,954.44) prize on Wednesday, October 17.

According to the official press release from Microgaming…

The highest prize pool ever was hit on hump day just a few minutes after midnight, marking the network’s biggest win since the launch of the game back in 2016.

Three players will share:

The huge pot will be split by three lucky players who made the decision to go in together on the same game and who are undoubtedly celebrating their share of the huge jackpot.

The prize pool is to be shared across online casinos including two RedKings players and one from the Betsson Group. All three players participated in the 3-seater Sit & Tournament which has a €20 buy-in.

How to be divided:

The largest portion of the prize pool, €158,924.89 (US$183,037.29) was earned by a RedKings player with the alias SipsCommin, while a Betsson Group player who goes by, Check_Norris, claimed the second highest with €95,354.93 (US$109,823.61), which was followed by the third place winner, grndonlck, also a RedKings member, who won €63,569.96 (US$73,218.29).

According to the developer, Fish Party’s jackpot has been hit some 22 times and has paid out upwards of €1.2 million (US$1,381,902.00) in prizes to date.

Managing Director of Poker for Microgaming, Alex Scott said…

“What an exciting three-handed battle this was, congratulations to the winners! Our unique Fish Party progressive jackpot SNG has now awarded over €1.2 million in jackpot prizes, a milestone we are very proud of. At this rate it won’t be long until we hit two million! I can’t wait to see who the next winners are.”

Previous big wins:

It is the third time in the last three months the jackpot has been hit and the ninth this year.

Microgaming’s Mega Moolah progressive jackpot network, the largest in the industry, produced another winner, when on Friday, September 28, 2018, a lucky Grand Mondial Casino player won €18,915,872.81, setting a new Guinness World Record for the ‘largest jackpot payout in an online slot machine game.’

Oryx Gaming signs up to sponsor upcoming ECG

Boutique gaming event organizer, European Gaming Media and Events, has announced that iGaming turnkey solutions provider, Oryx Gaming, has signed on to serve as a general sponsor for its upcoming European Gaming Congress (EGC) in Slovenia.

Show set for October 16:

The show organizer revealed the support via an official Monday press release while additionally detailing that its inaugural ECG extravaganza is scheduled to take place at Ljubljana’s Grand Union Hotel on October 16.

European Gaming Media and Events’ statement read…

“The organizer is honored to announce the support of Oryx Gaming as a general sponsor, a leading turnkey solutions provider offering unrivalled software, services and content for the iGaming industry. Oryx Gaming’s products include an iGaming platform, casino and slot content, live dealer, sportsbook and lottery solutions.”

Attendee benefits:

European Gaming described the one-day ECG as ‘a must attend event’ before explaining that it has been designed to bring operators, regulators, experts and service providers from across Europe together in order to discuss some of the most key licensing and compliance issues facing the industry.

The show organizer declared that EGC attendees will also be able to get the latest sector news from jurisdictions including Malta, Italy, Slovenia, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, France and Greece while taking advantage of ‘multiple networking opportunities’ in order to meet ‘some of the most influential faces in the European gambling industry.’

Advantages a-plenty:

For its part, last week saw Ljubljana-headquartered Oryx Gaming follow up a deal that is to see it supply Colombian online casino operator, Aquila Global Group SAS with a portfolio of video slot games by inking a similar arrangement with Malta-licensed counterpart, Alea Gaming Limited. The Slovenian innovator proclaimed that its aggregator platform is compliant with most of the world’s major regulated markets and offers a mix of over 6,000 proprietary and third-party titles.